Simply Giorgi

New Life, New Year, New Beginning

Hard to believe my last post was Christmas. Even harder to believe it is now three months later. I have been away fighting ovarian cancer and am now back home recovering and looking towards a whole new life. My illness has followed me over the past five years starting with my diagnosis of Graves Disease, in actual fact I have probably been suffering for a lot longer but this is when it was diagnosed.

It is hard to believe it is not even twelve months since my last major operation when I had to have a total thyroidectamy, that I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The last few months now seem like such a blur and I know I have been carried through it by a higher force as I don't recall having any strength at all. It is now five weeks since my operation and I feel like I have been given new life.

Everything seems different, the things that worried, bothered, irritated me before don't seem to matter any more and I have gratitude for the smallest things which in actual fact now appear to me as the most important in life.

I am not preaching about new found life, but I am wondering why we can't be born with this outlook at birth and not have to spend years finding it. In saying this, I am the fortunate one who has realised the gratification of such things as many go through their entire life not even realising they are missing anything.

Christmas is Coming

Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. ~Augusta E. Rundel

The Secret

Haven't posted for a while and thought I'd better stop thinking about it and start doing something about it. The last couple of months I have been recovering from my surgery and feeling quite sorry for myself to be honest. I started reading this book, and for the last couple of months the book has been "willing me" so to speak, to read it. Someone had mentioned it to me and it was in the back of my mind and then last week a friend I visited had it on her table and mentioned it was on sale at Myer so I thought to myself no excuses go buy the book and see what this is all about. Well I haven't been able to put it down and the only reason I haven't finished it yet is because I have been so busy I have been flaking out at night which for me is a good thing.

Without giving too much away the Secret is basically the Laws of Attraction, meaning your life's outcome is a mind willing process. The Laws of Attraction dictate that what you think and will yourself brings more to you. The happier and more confident your thoughts are draws happier and more confident life experiences.

Sounds far fetched..try it, it works! I'm not saying I have had a total life change, but baby steps, it has been quite amazing.

On another note I was reading Ali Edwards blog the other day about her experience with Hypothyroidism, of course I was intrigued as I have been suffering from Graves Disease for years now. What I really loved about her post was how open and sharing she was. She is such a Real person.

I have basically been suffering from Graves Disease for probably the last five years if not more. Graves is an auto immune disorder which is related to the Thyroid. The Thyroid produces hormones and if not functioning properly causes symptoms like depression, fatigue, cold intolerance, irritability and more. In my case Graves is an incurable disease and I will be on medication for the rest of my life, like Thyroid suffers.

Having never suffered from any kind of major sickness or ever having an operation, when I was first diagnosed I was in a total state of shock and grief. Over the years it has given me great comfort in knowing there are so many sufferer's out there and I am not alone.

Back on Track

Been away for a while working, and also recovering from an operation and taking time out to take my Life Temperature. Spending quality time with my boys doing things I love to do which means taking lots of photographs and and experimenting with my camera.

Have never had an operation in my entire life so I was extremely scared but before I went under the knife I got to have a little fun and attend one of the weddings I had designed all the stationery and bomboniera for, take a look.

Fire Season

O.K. well I have been a really, really bad blogger! Smack on the knuckles for me. Apart from trying and I emphasise the word trying to get a head start on Christmas, motherhood always sneaks in and takes priority!

Well last night we were having a lovely family dinner, all eight of us when our neighbour knocked on our door to inform us there was a fire in the reserve which is primarily our back yard which overlooks the lake. We all rushed out to find one of our neighbour's videoing the event and most of the others looking very worried. While waiting for the firefighters to arrive two of the older boys went out to try and diffuse the flames. When they finally emerged covered in black soot and two more emergency phone calls later to 000, the firefighters finally arrived.

At 8:00 p.m. what we thought was a small bush fire turned out to be an evacuation, personal possessions thrown in the car and hysterical children not wanting to die!

The firefighters finally saved the day or night I should say, but this morning really showed up the debri left from the falling ash.

Just on a lighter note, I was very impressed with myself and the two boys for the speed and calm in evacuating from the house. We were told to take what we could carry and leave the house as soon as possible. As the boys and I have bedrooms upstairs I felt we were disadvantaged with time!! But after all was said and done and in the late evening whilst I was trying to sleep I thought I was fortunate in what I had managed to get to safety. First and foremost my two boys, although hysterically crying and not wanting to loose their home and toys they were safe. Secondly I was with them and had managed to get my bag of negatives and discs of photographs, my camera, my laptop and my jewellery to safety.

Although a very long, real and frightening night, it was a really good drill for us all if it were to happen again.